set Tyan to bidirectional mode for parallel port set edu so that parallel port is on io 0x378 and irq 7 edu side uses irq 7 for sound card and parallel port requires a cold boot to reset things so plip will work changed jazz 16 sound card to irq 5 instead insmod parport insmod parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 insmod plip server plip ip: 192.168.0.202 edu plip ip: 192.168.0.201 On the server side: /sbin/ifconfig plip0 192.168.0.202 pointopoint 192.168.0.201 netmask 255.255.255.255 up On the edu side: /sbin/ifconfig plip0 192.168.0.201 pointopoint 192.168.0.202 netmask 255.255.255.255 up freedos ------- plip -u unloads plip module from memory